The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger is a YouTube viral video and Internet meme that first appeared on the Internet in January 2011.A Chat With Randall: On Nasty Honey Badgers, Bernie Madoff And Fame Forbes The video features commentary by a narrator identified only as "Randall", dubbed over pre-existing National Geographic Wild footage of honey badgers.Honey Badger Don't Care: The Best Nature Video Of All Time HuffPost Accompanying the narration is the Prelude from J. S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012. Since its release, the video has gained more than 100 million views.

Background Randall stated he chose to redub the National Geographic footage because "this animal eats King Cobras, demolishes animals, and this narrator that is so boring, so I said, 'we need to spice this thing up.'" Randall also stated that he would be overjoyed if he had the honor of meeting a real honey badger. "If I met a real one, I would, probably like, let it bite my balls off if it wanted to," states Randall in a 2014 interview with Celebs Daily.Honey Badger Voice Guy Randall Seen in New Video by TMZ Gather Celebs Randall has also stated he first gained an interest in animals by way of his father, a cameraman for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.Meet the Honey Badger Don't Care! His name is Randall. My Northwest.com While not much information has been officially released about the narrator, the New York Observer has claimed a press release for a potential television show based on the video reveals Randall as "Christopher Gordon."Honey Badger Don't Care…About New TV Show The New York Observer Gordon's Twitter account, however, lists him as Randall's assistant.Does Randall Exist? Meet the Man Behind the Honey Badger Phenomenon (Video) The New York Observer

Response The video received much attention in early 2011, garnering over 105 million views since its release. References to the video have appeared in American Pickers, Hot in Cleveland, and Glee,Chasing the elusive honey badger Columbus Dispatch with frozen yogurt chain Red Mango offering a flavor named "Honey Badger".Red Mango to Offer New Froyo Flavor and Honey Badger Don't Care Foodbeast The video has been listed as a favorite by Taylor Swift and Olivia Wilde.'Honey Badger' Creator Randall Responds To 'Amazing' Praise From Taylor Swift Yahoo News CNBC In 2012, Randall appeared on an episode of America's Got Talent, where he narrated over footage from the show.

Spin offs

Honey Badger Don't Care In January 2012, Andrews McMeel Publishing released a book featuring comedic commentaries about the honey badger and ten other animals.'Honey Badger Don't Care', but we do USA Today In addition to the honey badger, the book also includes chapters on the aye-aye, the Tasmanian devil, the emperor tamarin, the pink fairy armadillo, the tarsier, the opossum, the solenodon, the wombat, the American bullfrog, and the sloth.Randall the Honey Badger guy made an 'anti-old-school animal book' Zap It Reception to the book has been mixed to positive, with Audubon Magazine writing that the book was "memorable". Willamette Week called the book "amusing, but much of the humor of the video is lost without Randall's narration".Booher, Emilee (January 18, 2012). Honey Badger Don't Care Willamette Week. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

Mobile app Collaborating with MEDL Mobile, Randall launched "The Honey Badger Don't Care" app in 2011 with an updated version relaunched in 2013.Honey Badger Don't Care app MEDL Mobile, Inc. The app was made available on both the Google Play store as well as the Apple iTunes Store.

Internet video In October 2020, The Lincoln Project released the online advertisement Covey Spreader, which features a voiceover by Randall. The ad is a parody of The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger video and spotlights members of the Trump campaign who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the campaign.

Television Randall has voiced several commercials for products such as pistachios and virtual phone systems.Randall's 'Honey Badger Don't Care' spinoffs RedEye ChicagoHoney Badger Goes Dancing With The Stars: A Brief Meme History Forbes In 2012, Randall stated that he was developing a television show with Six Eleven Media entitled Honey Badger U. The show was planned be a mixture of live action and animation.

References

External links The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall) Twitter page for Randall Mobile app on iTunes